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A plane crashed into a radio tower in 1917.
That's a seaplane stuck 300 feet up a 350ft tall radio mast! If that's not amazing enough, the pilot was rescued by three men who climbed up to retrieve him. And he survived.
unlike adult seals, baby seals are painfully aware that they were once land mammals, and must writhe around wretchedly beneath the agonizing weight of this incongruity until they can finally be reluctantly coaxed into the waves, at which point the ocean washes their souls clean of this knowledge like the blissful waters of lethe.
The last conclusive proof the saola still existed was in 2013 when one was photographed by a camera trap.
Keep it short: every recurring contributor will have to read it. Additionally, the shorter it is, the less likely it will be invalidated by some future change. This is the main rule of thumb for
ARCHITECTURE— only specify things that are unlikely to frequently change.
Unexpected responses from ChatGPT
In this case, the bug was in the step where the model chooses these numbers. Akin to being lost in translation, the model chose slightly wrong numbers, which produced word sequences that made no sense. More technically, inference kernels produced incorrect results when used in certain GPU configurations.
Hiring low-experience high-potential people
Someone told me that a great way to run a startup is to have a “COO for every visionary.” This set of learnings works especially well for finding people who can be those “COOs” — people who are 1-8 years out of school, no specific skills (not engineers nor salespeople, yet), who have generalist proclivities.
We are not supposed to “be strong like Samson,” even if that is an easy theme to teach to a class of Kindergarteners. We are warned through the Samson story of what happens when people reject God and live any way they please. This is true whether you are God’s specially-appointed deliverer or not.
Our initial review of the cause of Thursday’s outage indicates it was due to the application and execution of an incorrect process used while working to expand our network. We are investing billions to grow our network and deliver an even more exceptional customer experience. This is both a point of pride and a challenge that always requires care and focus.
What it’s like to be a sociopath
When I go to the grocery store and I come home, if anything that I’ve purchased has gone bad, I’ll make a mental note: I’m stealing this next time.
